Car-fender



W. LOBBY.

- (No Model.)

GAR FENDER.

No. 574,551. Patented Jan. 6,1897.

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" ATENT \VILLIAM LOREY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,551, dated January 5, 1897.

Application filed April 9, 1896. $erial No. 586,819. (No model.)

. either be thrown from the track out of the reach of the car-wheels or for causing the same to be received and carried upon a suitable netting or fender supported under the car, means being also provided for causing the proper parts of the fender to continuously rofate, as will be hereinafter explained.

It further consists of novel devices for assembling and locking the principal operative parts of the fender in position.

It further consists of novel details of con struction, all as will be hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a carfender embodying my invention and a portion of a truck-frame to which the same is applicable. Fig. 2 represents a plan and partial sectional view of Fig. 1, a portion of the car platform or body being removed and the section being taken on line a m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents, on an enlarged scale, a detail view of a hanger and the supporting or lockin g device whereby the fender is held in position. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of a clamping device employed. Fig. 5 represents, on an enlarged scale, a front elevation of a part of the fender seen in Fig. 1, a portion of the same being broken away.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a portion of the truck-frame of a car, and B designates a hanger in which the car-wheels O are mounted.

D designates a guard or shield for said .wheels, which is also adapted to serve the function of a hanger, said shield being supported from the truck-frame A by means of the pin or bolt E and having the side portion F, from which depends the arm G, and the front portion or face H, which substantially covers the front of the car-wheels, as will be evident from Figs. 1 and 5, whereby the object struck will be normally prevented from contacting with said wheels.

J designates an arm which depends from the shield D, adjacent the interior surface of the wheels, said arm J being in substantial alinement with the arm G.

K designates a portion of a bearing which is located near the extremity of the arm G, against which the portion N of the head L of the strap M. is adapted to abut, said head L having therein the other half of the bearing, so that when the portions K and N are in juxtaposition a cylindrical bearing will be formed.

P designates arms attached to said head L, which have projecting inwardly therefrom the studs Q, which when the parts are in assembled position are adapted to engage the sockets R in the arm G, as will be evident from Fig. 3.

O designates a slotted block which is adapted to be slipped upon the arm G before the parts are in the position seen in dotted lines, Fig. 3, after which said block 0 is moved downwardly into the position seen in Figs. 1 and 5, where it is held in place by means of the set-screw D. i

S designates an axle or shaft which has its bearings in the arms G and J, it being understood that said arms are constructed substantially alike and are each provided with straps, &c., for said axle, which are of course in alinement.

T designates a head attached to said axle S, which is adapted to abut against the outer portion of the arm G and 1ts strap.

U designates a wheel or roller having the groove U therein, mounted 01-1 said axle S, which is adapted to be moved into contact with the car-wheel 0 when an object is struck, and thereby cause the aXle S to rotate, as well as the bevel-gear V thereon, after its impact with said object.

\V designates a bevel-gear adapted to mesh with said gear V, said gear V being mounted upon the shaft X, which has one end rotatably mounted in bearings Z, suitably supported at an angle to the line of movement of the car, said shaft having a roll Y mounted thereupon. The other end of the roll Y is of conical shape, and is supported by the arms Y Y, which are attached to the frame Y which carries the netting Y said frame 1' being supported by its attachment to the hangers Z through the arms Z (seen at the upper portion of Fig.2,) the above description having been confined to one half or side of the fender,although it will be understood that the other half, comprising the roller 0 and its adjuncts, is mounted, supported, and aetuated in substantially the same manner as has been already described.

The operation is as follows: The parts are seen in their normal positions in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, the manner of assembling being apparent, it is thought, from Fig. 3, the strap M when in desired position being held in place by the slotted block C. The rollers U being normally in contact with the car-wheel C, it will be evident that the same must rotate in unison, and that their rotation will be imparted to the rolls Y and C, whereupon it will be apparent that if an object is struck the tendency will be to either throw the same directly from the track, or if this should not take place, the object will be rolled upon the netting Y in the direction indicated by the arrows in Figsl and 2,and so prevented from serious injury by reason of the rotation of the rolls Y and C.

The object struck will be prevented from contacting with the forward portion of the wheels through the medium of the shield or guard II, it being thus apparent that provision is made for preventing injury to the same in any instance.

The parts can be readily dismantled or disconnected by loosening the set-screws D and moving the block 0 into the proper position,

for rotating the latter, substantially as described.

2. In a ear-fender, a shield in front of the running wheel of a car, arms extending from said shield, a wheel and axle journaled in said arms and adapted to contact with said running wheel, rolls suitably mounted, and mechanism intermediate the latter and said arms for rotating said rolls, substantially as described.

3. In a car-fender, the strap M having the head L, and arms P provided with studs Q, in combination with an arm having sockets therein, and the recessed portion K, the latter being adapted to be placed in juxtaposition with a similar recessed portion N in the head L, and means for holding said strap in position, substantially as described.

1-. A car-fender having hangers D provided F with the portions F and II, the arms G depending from said hangers, bearings therein, the axles S supported in said bearings, said axles having heads 'l and gears V mounted thereon in combination with the gears \V and the rolls Y and C suitably supported, substantially as described.

5. In a car-fender, a stationary frame having a netting and projecting arms at its front end, rolls journaled in said arms and having conical abutting ends, bevel-wheels on the other ends of said rolls, swinging shields for the front running wheel of the car, having depending side arms, wheels journ aled in said arms and adapted to contact with said runafter which the straps M can be readily moved,

5 tially as described.

thereby enabling the shafts or axles S and their adjuncts to be withdrawn or replaced K according to requirements.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a car-fender, a shield supported in front of a running wheel of a car, a wheel on ning wheels, and bevel gear-wheels on the shaft ot said shield-wheels adapted to mesh with said bevel-wheels on the ends of the rolls, said parts being combined, substan- 6. In a car-fender, shields pivotally supported in front of the running wheels of a car, wheels rotatably mounted upon said said shield adapted to contact with said runt ning wheel, rolls carried by a frame, and

mechanism intermediate said wheels and rolls shields, a frame and rolls thereon actuated by said running wheel, substantially as described.

WILLIAM LOREY. \Vitnesses:

J OHN A. \VIEDEBSHEIM, WM. 0. WtEDEnsnEIn. 

